Good and Gracious God,
Help us to be still in your presence, to quieten and listen.
Still the confusion of ideas and voices that compete for attention.
May your Spirit settle and dwell with us in this praying.
Our hearts are full of thanks, hope, fear, doubt, longing and faith.
So praying feels feel chaotic, with words and phrases clamouring around as names and needs comes to mind.
Call forth wisdom and teach us to pray.
Lift our words beyond our distracted minds and disjointed phrases.
Hold us in your heart. Comfort us is pain and sorrow.
Relieve us of stress and fatigue, self-doubt and selfishness.
Relieve us of worries about provision and scarcity.
These things are easier said than done, God. We need you.
Guide us to treasure things of eternal value and release our reliance on temporary fixes. We ask for your help in making life-giving choices. Give us courage to choose well.
God, our prayers feel flawed because we feel flawed.
We long to be renewed and repaired. We long for wholeness.
Draw us close.
Fill us with gratitude and allow our hearts to sing and be joyful.
Delight in us and fill us with your joy and wonder...
And we pray, using the words your son taught us.
Saying,
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